Door-hinge.



W. H. DICK.

DOOR HINGE. APPLICATI'ONJILED MAR. 22, [916.

1 1 83,543 Patented May 16, 1916.

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WILLIAM H.DICK, OF ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 WILBUR A. TERRILL, OF GLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOOR-HINGE.

To all whom it may concern l Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. DICK, acitizen of the United States, and residing in the township of Elizabeth,in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented ordiscovered new and useful Improvements in Door-Hinges, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved hinge for swinging door andwindow screens and for other temporary closures.

Screen doors and similar temporary closures are usually mounted by meansof hinges attached by screws driven into the door and the building. Whenthe screens are removed, the screw holes present an unsightlyappearance. After the screens have been put up and taken down a fewtimes, the holes become ragged and enlarged, aggravating the marredappearance of the permanent woodwork, and requiring either the use oflarger screws or the shifting of the hinges, leaving the old screw holesexposed.

The object I have in view is the provision of a hinge which may beinstalled without the .use of screws or nails driven into the wood, andwhich when removed, leaves no holes or marred places in the woodwork.

Another object I have in view is the provision of such a hinge which isadjustable to fit any width of door frame plate or door plate, thusenabling the device to be made up in large quantities in standard form.

For the accomplishment of these purposes, I have devised a hingestructure, each member of which is made up of a pair of plates whichencompass the opposite edges of the door frame or door plate or bar, andwhich are drawn together by means of tension members, such as screwbolts, the two members being hinged together, as by a pintle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a broken front elevationshowing a screen door mounted in a door frame by means of my improvedhinge; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same along the line IIII inFig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a broken edge View showing the door opened andswung back parallel with the building.

The following is a detailed description of the drawings.

A represents the vertical wooden plate or finish of the door-frame and Brepresents the top horizontal plate of the same.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed March 22, 1916. Serial No. 85,984. r

C represents the outer wall of the building, against which the plate Ais secured, shown in the drawings as clapboards.

D represents one of the vertical bars of the screen door. E representsthe top horizontal bar of the same.

1' represents the wire screening held stretched on the door as by meansof the usual molding 2. a I

The hinge comprises two main elements, one mounted on the plate A andthe other mounted on the bar D.

The former is composed of two metal plates 3 and 4, which may beconveniently stamped of heavy sheet metal. The plate 3 fitsagainst theouter face of the plate A and is bent or hooked to fit around the rearedge and in "against the rear faceof said plate A between the same andthe wall or clapboards 0, thus hooking snugly over the edge of plate A.In installing the plate 3, it may be readily driven into place withlight hammer blows. The plate 4 fits against the outer face of saidplate A and is similarly hooked about the opposite edge of said plate A.The adjacent edges of the metal plates 3 and 4 are provided withoutwardly extending vertical flanges 5 which are pierced so as to bedrawn together by tension means, such as the screw bolts 6 and thumbnuts 7. It is thus evident that with.

but little trouble and no undue marring of the woodwork the element maybe quickly fixed on any width of door frame plate.

The element mounted on the door is similarly comprised of metal plates 8and 9. The plate 8 is provided with a hooked outer end which encompassesthe inner edge of the wooden door bar D and is inserted under thescreening 1 and molding 2, while the plate 9 has its outer end similarlyhooked over the outer edge of the door bar D. The adjacent edges of theplates 8 and 9 are provided with the outwardly extending verticalflanges 5 which are drawn together, to clamp the hinge element on thedoor, by means of the screw bolts 6 and the thumb nuts 7. It is evidentthat the hinge element may be readily clamped snugly on any width ofdoor bar and removed therefrom in a few moments without marring thedoor.

The outer corners of the plates 4: and 9 are looped and cut out to formalternate sockets for the pintle 10, thus pivoting the two elementstogether. To form a spring hinge, the helical springll is coiled aboutthe pintle 10 and has its ends bearing against the outer faces of theplates 4: and 9, respectively.

It is evident from the foregoing, that my hinge may be quickly appliedto or removed from any door frame and door of either wood or metalwithout the use of special tools and without marring the wood or metalof the door frame, or door. The hinge may be adjusted to any width ofdoor frame plate or door bar.

The structure is inexpensive to manufacture as it may be stamped out ofmetal at a uniform size.

What I desire to claim is 1. In combination with a support, a hingeelement for the purpose described composed of a pair of plates mountedon the outer face of said support and having their opposite ends bent tohook around the opposite edges of said support, and means for drawingthe adjacent ends of said plates together whereby said element isclamped rigidly on said support.

2. 'In combination with a support, a hinge element for the purposedescribed composed of a pair of plates mounted on the outer face of saidsupport and having their opposite ends bent to hook around the oppositeedges of said support, outwardly extending flanges on the adjacent endsof said plates and clamping means engaging said flanges whereby saidplates are drawn together and said element is rigidly mounted on saidsupport.

3. A hinge, adapted for use on a door and door frame, comprising twoelements adapted to be secured to the door and door frame, respectively,and each composed of a pair of plates having their opposite ends bent tohook around the edges of the vertical side bar of the door or of thedoor frame, as the case may be, the adjacent edges of each pair ofplates being provided with outwardly extending flanges and tension meansconnecting said flanges together, whereby the elements are clampedrigidly in place.

Signed at Clairton, Penna. this 18th day Q of March, 1916.

WILLIAM H. DICK copies of this potent may be obtained for five centseach, vby addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. 0."

